Hello everyone! In today's video we want to talk to you about some of the new restrictions that
the Turkish government have imposed last week because many people have been asking us what are
those new restrictions that probably might affect your trip, so if you want to know what are those
new restrictions, then stay and watch this video with us.
So let's start with the most important restriction and that one will be that from now on every single weekend there will be a lockdown
from 8 00 pm to 10 in the morning basically it will be only at night and people and tourists
can go out all around Turkey from 10 in the morning to 8 pm now you might be wondering as well
what is going to happen with the museums well basically the museums during the weekend
they will have a special opening and closing hours and for that because they have set
different timings for that we will share the link of the official museums in our description box
where you can go and check let's say Topkapi Palace or the Galata tower you can check the
opening for the weekends.
The second restriction will be regarding the restaurants and coffee shops and all of these type of places so basically Turkey has imposed that all of these
places must be closed to public but of course they will be giving their services
the only way is that you can go to the place you can order your food and you can take it
back home or to your hotel or you can eat it somewhere else except at the restaurant
these restaurants will be offering the take away service from 10 in the morning to 8 pm but if you
if you want to eat something after 8 o'clock then you can do it only by ordering online or by phone
and of course if you're a tourist you might be wondering from where you can get food late night
so for that i will be sharing one application that us as residents and locals of Turkey we often use
to order food online you can also find the English version so you don't have to worry about
that and its name is yemeksepeti somewhere here we will leave the logo so you can easily find it when you are downloading to your mobile.
Now let's remember that the restaurants because also there there was a bit of confusion if this restaurant's restriction was going to be taking
place only during the weekends well the sad news is that it's not only the weekends these
restaurants and coffee shops will stay closed to public until further announcement so this will be
for every single day.
The next restriction is about smoking in public areas and yes as you just heard it nobody can smoke in public areas nowadays
not just in Istanbul but this will apply in all Turkey
basically what government wants to avoid is that people will be taking out their
masks while smoking and because here in Turkey especially locals
while they're waiting for the bus or the tram or another type of transportation which is in open
air especially the bus stations many of them are smoking so that's what government
wants to avoid so basically if you don't want to to get a 900 Liras fine you need to keep that in mind.
These are the restrictions that are related directly to tourists and to locals as well so if you want
to keep an eye on the upcoming restrictions we recommend you to also
follow us through our social media because there especially on instagram is where we are sharing
stories and right away as soon as we as we know from a new restriction we are sharing it with
with each one of you so please stay safe anywhere you are and we will see you on the next video. Bye bye!